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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06
Deaths.

Died on Friday, July LIST, a four year
old daughter OF DR.. T.. II. McSwain. She
was buried at Liberty Springs church
on Saturday.
Died on July lst, at her home near
Goldville, Mrs Workman, wifo Of Mr..
Charlie Workman. The deceased had
been qaite i'll for some time suffering
from consumption.
Died on oath ult, Mr.. s. w. Dawson,
ut 81 o residence of his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Lawson, at this place.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06
The New Bank.

The complete organization of tho Peo-
ple's Loan and Exchange Bank of Laur-
ems, was perfected on Monday last NJ
s Bailey, President; w J Bailey, Cash
Ter; ] w Todd, Assistant Cashier. The
Directors arc as follows: G w Sullivan,
ST., j III Sullivan, j Fleming, n Is
Dial, w l. Boyi,A III MARGIN. NJ s Bail
ey, II II Blakely, DR. w c Troy, II II
Wright, W II Martin, w J Bailey.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06

Robert Hcllams, Charles Bobo and
Calvin Owings will open n large grocery
store ut this place in few weeks.
This will bo a strong firm. They
are young men whose business
capacity and sterling worth
are well known and we extend to all
such n cordial welcome to Laurens.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06
Dots and DaSheS from Ora.
Crop Reports. Excursion Rates. THE
"Rarce."-Mad-Dog ana Many Personals.

Wheat and oats are being har-
vested and threshed. We learn
that neither of the above Is turn
ing out a large yield, but wheat Is
better than that OF oats.
Cotton blooms are becoming nu-
merous In this vicinity. Alfred
Hunter, was the first to show up,
which vas pulled on the 10th inst.
Several others report blooms.
The railroad company will issue
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06

An invitation to attend the Weekly
Hop Mt Glenn Springs has been received.
This most popular of Southern aumme
resort Is attracting visitors earlier than
usual this season and bids fair to lee un-
usually gay.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06

The colored people of Laurens, seeing
and feeling II necessity Of somo or
Sanization to assist tho INDECENT and
needy of tho race, ave organized n So
ciety known rs tho "Laurcns Old Homo
Benevolent Society,"" tho object of which
Is to take caro- of the sick and bury tho
dead,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06
Prohibition ut Prospect.

Next Friday Sth inst, has been set
opart for a temperance picnic at New
Prospect church. The public are invit-
cd. Tho following speakers will be
present: Rev. j ID Pitts. Rev A Martin,
Col Il Is Crows, Co j l. NJ Irhy.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06

We regret that our crowded space this
week will not admit an extended nc
connt Of the Military Ball of Monday
night. The Charlotte Band furnished a
concord ofsweet Sounds and this of
Itself insured success.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06

han fired six times, only two of the shots
taking effect, one in the left arm and
the other entering the back, near the
shoulder, passing through his body near
the region of tho heart. This is one ho-
micide in which liquor did not figure,
us both the parties were duly sober.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06

An old warehouse on the depot lot was
pulled down by the Crescent III. Il L.. Co.
last week. Also the ruins of the old As
sociate Reformed Presbyterian church.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06

The Laurens Dramatic Club propose
giving "Ncvada. or the Lost Nine" at
an early date. This club has arranged
n strong cast II this is by far tho bcst
play witnessed by a Laui ems audience
in IA long time.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06

Schedule Oh the q 4 l. and G.. l. e S
have been slightly changed and the time
on these roads now used is tho same as
that of the O IL G.. We have one railroad
time now which il n great conN cniencc
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06

The target practice of tho Guards OH
Monday gave some excellent shooting.
w. Y. Sherard made tho best average,
while G.. s. Garrett scored tho best single
shot,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06
Dramatic.

We have been requested to announce
that an entertainment consisting of cha
radea etc, will be given at Woodruff on
July 9Th ut 8 o'clock, for tho benefit Of
tho Prcsbytcrian church.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06

Like the lily of tho valley, tho tramp
mother tolls nor docs he spin. 1t is
probable also that Solomon IN all his
glory was not arrayed like him.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06

New Hampshire has been Crooked IN
tho Cradle" by an earthquake. Houses
badly shaken up, but no damage done.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06

Cane-Mills and all kinds of machinery
for sale at lowest prices by
BOYD g. ANDERSON,
GU. Laurens, S. G..
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06

ry railroad has boon repaired during
the past week.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06

Until 1776, cotton spinning was per.
formed by the hand spinning wheel.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06

A mast that bends to the gale is ON In
Vention of o Connecticut citizen.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06
u k0gaI and Special. G,

Col. Rice's lecture was enjoyed by q
large audience on Friday night.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06
Our Power Packet.

Crops Failing, sickness Increases.--work
OF an Incendiary.-Blind Beggars.--The
instruction Grounds.--Not Bombs" but
"Bromide" Needed.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06

Go.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-13
Dfscourtesy of the Type Writer



That Young woman who the other day
sent her "young mans" letter back and
dismissed his suit at once and for all De-
cause the youth was thOughtless enough
to address her with a type writer ought 10
he regarded as a pioneer in a much needed
reform. She certainly will be commended
in many quarters for grasplng boldly an
evil and setting her foot on it. The type
writer is no doubt a useful and labor-SaV
ing machine. but it is gradually becoming
an implement of discOurtesy, all the
same. and it's power for evil in this re-
spect needs to be checked. While there
are thousands of business men and others
who make constant use of these machines
there are also many other thousands who
do not, and who retain the old-fashiOned
idea that in a correspondence of a semi
friendly or confidential nature no eye
should fall upon it but the two partic-
tpants
Nothing is so exasperating to person
who does not use typewriter or employ
an amanuensis as 10 write an autograph
letter to friend on some topic of half
way private nature, and receive in reply
a sheet COZ cred with the cold, mechanical
imprint of the keys. He realizes then that
the nature of his business is known to at
least two others besides the one who alone
has a right to know it, and he chafes I'M
uer IL, anu naturally feSOlNSS IndG tno next
time he has occasion to communicate
with that friend he will go and see him
in person.
Again, the typewriter, except with let
tiers of the most formal business charac-
ter, is discourteous, because it carries with
it suggestion of Indifference, and moth
ing can be more impolite than to so re-
gard friends communication. AS was
before said the typewriter is useful, but
those who employ it so universally should
be cautious and mindful of the courtesies
and amenities that should always govern
correspondence. Between business men,
machinery, but between friendly &C
ouaintances, on matters not wholly relat.
ing to business, reply by type writer to
an autograph letter can be considered lit
tie less than an affront 1t certainly is a
discourtesy.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-13
Unframed by Thronging Sharks.
Trinidad Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch.I


When a whale is captured off the Bocas
the blowing of horns heralds its approach
to one of the whaling stations in the isl
ands of the Bocas We at once deter
mined to follow the whaling boat which
we saw rounding point, rowed by eight
vigorous Whalemen; and towing q huge.
shapeless mass. The capture of a whale
off the coast of Trinidad is altogether diff
ferent from an occurrence of the same
kind in northern and Arctic regions.
owing to the swarming of countless sharks
about the defunCt monster and their Zero
cious attacks on his carcass.
We followed in The wake of the whale.
boat and quite close to the whale AL.
ready the sharks, with an instinct riyalinp
that of carriOn birds, were gathering round
their prey and increasing in numbers
every moment We reached Monos
another island in the Bocas, and there at
the whaling station, situated at a flat
point on shallow water, the lifeless whale
was hauled in close to the shore Now
began the work of cutting up the whale
and carrying the blubber masses to the
caldrOns At this stage the sharks actually
grew frantic, and would jump out of the
water to seize on some pieces of blubber
they thought within reach.
These otherwise dangerous fishes are
on an occasion of this kind, perfectly
harmless to man, and this is well known
to the Whalemen One of them having
dropped his knife in the water dived to
recover it in the shallow water, and was
left unmolested by the swarming mon
sters, whom he almost touched at every
moment Numbers of sharks are also
harpooned with the greatest facility on
these occasions, and the oil which is OBJ.
tanned from their livers is said to be
superior to cod-liver oil in therapeutic
properties
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-13

BUILDERS OF STEAM MACHINERY, IN ALL
ID its branches; Steamboat, Steamship, Land
pound.
STEAM VESSELS of all kinds built complete
with bulls of wood, iron or composite.
ORDINARY ENGINES compounded when ad-
visable.
STEAM LAUNCHES, Barges and Steam Tugs con-
structed with reference to the trade in which
they are to be employed. Speed, tonnage and
draft of water guaranteed.
SUGAR MILLS and Sugar Making Machinery
made after the most approved plans. Also, all
Boiler Iron Work connected Herewith.
WATER PIPE, of Boiler Sheet Iron, of any
size, made in suitable lengths for connecting
together, or Sheets Rolled, Punched and Packed
for shipment, ready to be riveted on the
ground.
HYDRAULIC RIVETING, Boiler Work and
Water Pipes made by this establishment, riv
eted by hydraulic riveting machinery, that
quality of work being far superior to hand
Work.
SHIP WORK, Ship and Steam Capstans, Steam
Winches, Air and Circulating Pumps, made
after the most approved plans.
SOLE AGENTS and manufacturers for the Pa
ci6c Coast of the Heme Safety Boiler.
PUMPS-Direct Acting Pumps for irrigation or
city works purposes, built with the celebrated
Davy Valve Motion, superior to any other
pump.
q. N .. WILLIAMS. ............... Honolulu
Room No. 8. upstairs, spreckels' Block.
551mar12d&wtf Agent for Hawaiian Islands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-13
LawIess Character OF Ene1ish snellinr

L SPNHSA OOiOCCo nAOuGuy.J
Learning to read the English Ian
guage, says Frederick A. Fernald, lis
one of the worst mind-stunting processes
that has formed part of the general edu
cation of any people. It's evil influences
arises from the partly phonetic, partly
lawless character of English spelling. :"
He further says: "The spelling of each
word must be learned by sheer force of
memory. In this work the pupils rea,
soning powers can not be utilized, but
must be subdued, while his memory
Is sadly overworked In the affairs OF
the child's daily life the logical following
out of rules is rewarded In learning to
spell It brings him only discontinue and
bewilderment
And again: ION the other hand. the
child who has difficulty in learning to
spell may be expected to develop strong
logical faculties. Thus boy who had
long been at the foot of his spelling class
was one day given the word ghost, and
making desperate attempt at the sort of
spelling he had oftenest heard succeed. he
spelled it g-h-o. CHI s-t. This bringing
upon him shouts of laughter, he said
with clinched fist and fearful eyes: You
needn't laugh; you all spell homelier n
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-13
WILDER'S STEAMSHIP CO.,
Limited.
STEAMER KINAU,
Limited
CLorenzon, Commanderl,

Leaves Honolulu as per following schedule
ouching at Lahaina, Maalaea Makena, MANU-
kona, Kawalhae Laupahoehoe bio and keauhou:
Commencing on MONDAY, July &c, 1856, and
on every alternate Monday at p. NJ, the Kiuau
will make the VOLCANO TRIP, reaching keau-
hou on Wednesday morning, where horses and
carriages are in waiting to convey passengers to
the VOLCANO HOUSE give miles in the saddle
and nine miles by Carriage).
Passengers by this route will have two days
and two nights at the VOLCANO HOUSE.
TICKETS FOR THE ROUND TRIP TO THE
VOLCANO, FIFTY DOLLARS, WHICH PAYS
ALL CHARGES.
The Kinau will arrive in Honolulu Sunday
mornings Volcano trips On Hno trips, vii
leave Honolulu on Tuesdays, and return Saturday
morning.
PASSENGER TRAINS will connect with the
Kinau at Mahukona
The Kinau WILL TOUCH at HOnokaia and
Paauhau on down trips from Hilo for Passengers
If signal is made from the shore.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-13
STEAMER KILAUEA HOU,
cameron, Commander)
VIII leave regularly for Lahaina, Paauhau, Ko-
holaIele, Kukaiau and Ookala.
STEAMER LEHUA,
CLARK, Commander)
VIII leave regularly for Hakalau, Honomu and
Onomea.
STEAMER MOKOLIl,

-
(McGregor, Commander),
Leaves for the following ports every alternate
Monday at p. M:
Commencing May 16th-To Kaunakakai, Ka-
malo Pukoo Lahaina, OlowaIu. Returning to
Lahaina, Pukoo, KamalO, Kaunakakai. Arriving
at Honolulu Saturday a. m.
Commencing May 9th-To Kaunakakai, Lanai,
Kamalo, Pukoo, Halawa, Wailau, Pelekunu,
Kalaupapa. Returning to Pukoo, Lahaina Olo-
walu Lahaina, Pukoo, Kamalo, Kaunakaka1
Arriving at Honolulu Saturday a. m.
RH- The Company will not be responsible Tor
any freight or packages unless roceipted for, nor
for persona baggage unless plainly marked. Not
responsible for money jewelry unless placed in
barge of the Purser.
All possible will be taken of Live Stock, but
the Company will not assume any risk of accident
SAM'L. q. WILDER, President.
S. B. ROSE, Secretary.
OFFICE-Corner Fort and Queen streets.
55-1y Mar 80
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-13
The Risdon
Iron & Locomotive Works,
Corner of BeaI and Howard Streets,
SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA

W. b. TAYLOR. .......................P President
JOS. MOORE. Observation-Disclosures. Superinte nde MT
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-12-21
Evolution OF the Dress Coat.

Every part of the despised dress
coat has reason for its popularity of
shape. The apparently foolish nick or
slit at the junction of the collar and
facings on each side dates from the
time when men rode good deal, and
the coat collar must be frequently
turned up and the chest buttoned
closely over to meet the severity OF
sudden storms. A division was made
on each side of the collar to permit
this to be done, and the present use
less slit is the survival of this very
needful predecessor. Not even the
buttons which adorn the small of ones
back are mere vain ornament. In about
the year 100 it began to be the GUS
tom to gather in at the waist the sack
like coat of the period. This was done
by two buttons sewn on over the hips,
which were attached to loops set on at
the edge of tho coat. Then, as waists
became permanent fashion the loops
were disused, and the buttons, instead
of being discarded, were simply moved
a little further back here they attached
to new usefulness in supporting the
sword belt. Now that sword belts are
no longer worn, these two buttons seem
merely meaningless eXcrescence.
i he very shape of the dress coat,
which has been 80 much and so often
ridiculed, is not an arbitrary fashion,
but natural development. Starting
from the ample square-skirted coat of
the close of the seventeenth century,
itself a development, we next find the
same coat with the corners of the
skirts buttoned together for the con-
venience of riding; then the same gar
ment with the lap-corners cut off in
stead of buttoned up-the swallow tail
of the early years of the present CEN
fury; finally by very slight degenera-
ton the modern dress coat was pro-
duced,-COrk Herald.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-12-21

How the young elephants. in the
large herds, escape from being crushed,
is something of mystery, as they are
almost continually in motion; but when
herd is alarmed, the young almost
Immediately disappear. A close OBJ
server would see that each baby was
trotting along directly beneath its
mother, sometimes between her fore
legs.
On the march, when a little elephant
is born in herd, ;hey stop day or
two to allow it time to exercise it's lit
tie limbs and gain strength, and then
they press on, the mothers and babies
in front, the old tuskers following in
the rear, but ready to rush forward at
the first alarm. When rocky or hilly
places are reached, the little ones are
helped up 10y the mothers, who push
them from behind and In various ways !;
but when a river has to be forded or
swum, q comical sight ensues.
The stream may be very rapid and
rough, as the Indian rivers often are
after q rain, and at such a place the
babies would hardly be able to keep
up with the rest; SO the mothers and
IatnerS Heip tnem. Az HIst al plunBe
boldly in-both young and old-and
when the old elephants reach deep
water, where they have to swim, the
young scramble upon their backs and
sit astride, sometimes two being seen
in this position. But the very young
elephants often require little more
care and attention, so they are held
either upon the tusks of the father or
grasped in the trunk of the mother,
and held over or just at the surface of
the water. Such a sight is curious
one, to say the least-the great ele-
plants almost hidden beneath the
water, here and there a young one
seemingly walking on the water, rest
ing upon a submerged back, or held
aloft while the dark waters roar below.
&C. +. Holder, IN 81. Nicholas.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-12-21

II was in England last summer and
visited in London several of the largest
dry-goods stores. In the course of
conversation with the proprietors 1
learned from them that they have in
their employ a ferret-keeper, whose
duties are to tend to the animals and
keep the warehouses clear of rats.
"In one large house, which is liter
ally packed from cellar to roof with
cases of silk, satins, and general dry
goods, was taken to the garrett, where
1 found in a specially designed space
several small and snug kennels sur
rounded by finely wired fences. Here
1 saw some thirty ferrets, curled up
asleep or moving around in that snake
like manner characteristic of them.
II wouldn't take Gl00 for these,
remarked the gentleman who accompa-
MED me, for they have saved me many
thousands of pounds since have had
them He then sent for the keeper,
who entered the inclosure; ne called
the ferrets by name, and each answered
him by running toward him. He took
them up and played with them as with
a pet dog and they made no attempt to
bite him. He here explained how they
were trained to answer the call or
whistle, and always after killing rat
to drag it out of it's hole and leave it
where it could be readily found. The
gentleman then directed the keeper to
get few rats, which he soon brought
from big cage in which they were
kept. They were, truly speaking,
thorough out-and-out ugly, vicious
specimens of the London rat. The
keeper threw half dozen into the in
closure and quicker than thought the
ferrets had pounced upon them and
killed them.
"When L returned from Europe 1
determined to initiate my English
cousin, and had similar pen con-
structed on the top floor of my build
ing, and am now going to see about
the ferrets.
The Star reporter accompanied the
merchant to Fulton street vermin-
destroyer store. There, in large wired
cages and kennels, were ferrets of all
colors and cost. Some were to be had
for So pair, others for $40, and even
more. The latter were of sun-brown
color, of great strength, and extraor-
binary rapidity of movement. They
answered the dealers call, and seemed
pleased at his petting them.
An attendant who was spoken to
brought out what when put together
made a regular rat-pit, the sides OF
which were smeared with blood. At q
signal he dropped in half q dozen
fierce-looking rats, and then the two
ferrets were thrown in. In less than
two minutes the rats were stretched
lifeless and bleeding. Other ferrets
were then tried, but the younger and
less experienced and trained ones could
not kill as quickly as the older and
better trained ones. The merchant
bought half dozen of the older ones,
which, after they got accustomed to
their new home. will be allowed to
wander through the great warehouse at
night.-NeU York Star.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-12-21
Kansas City Real Estate.

First Customer-But this lot on the
corner of Locust and Tenth is twenty
feet below grade, and will be of no use
to me. Why, it would cost 5000 at the
least to fill it up.
Real Estate Agent-That's the very
point. The person who owns the hill
next to you would give q man dollar
a foot just to haul his dirt away and
let him down from the clouds.
r. E. A.-Now, here is just the lot
you want, next to the corner of Locust
and Tenth, and I'll sell it to you at q
bargain.
Second Customer-But / have looked
ut that lot 1t is at least twenty feet
above grade. and there is no wall around
it. 1t would cost exactly $1,000 to
build the wall so as to keep the lot to-
gether.
II. E. A.-That's it The man next
door has nothirg but hole in the
ground which is perfectly valueless,
and he will pay you o dollar foot
just o let him have the dirt you don't
want, to fill it up.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-12-21
Who Paws for the Box

at must have cost pretty penny to
have the exterior of the Government
building washed" exclaimed Ed
Pritchard to Opie Read, as they en-
tered the Abbey together.
"Yes, and it's all money wasted" said
JEFF, who overheard the remark when
the gentlemen came in the door.
"Why SOP" asked both men, as if
with one voice.
THE Postollce is going to be torn
down."
us that SOL What for?" again ques-
toned the couple in unison.
$50 that Uncle Sam can find the
letter that never came,'" replied jeff.
reaching beneath the counter and
searching for an unbroken box of
hayanas
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-12-21
Cheap Farming Lands South.

1t is q recognized fact that the cheapest
farming lands in America to- day are in the
South, and men of much or moderate
means, looking for real estate investments,
or permanent homes, should not fail to
Northern people are now settling, viz:
Jackson, Tennessee; Aberdeen and Jack
son, Mississippi; Hammond, Crowley,
Jennings, Welsh and Lake Charles, Lou
isidna. Round Trip Tourist tickets. linn
tied to June LIST, 1888, with stop over priv
ileges south OF Cairo, Illinois, are on sale
to New Orleans, Jennings and Lake
Charles. For rates apply to nearest ticket
az mt, and be sure your tickets read via the
illinois Central Railroad from Chicago or
st. Louis. For pamphlet entitled South
ern Home Seekers Guide" and circulars
concerning the above named points, ad-
dress the undersigned, at Manchester, Iowa.
j. L. MERRY, Gen. West. Pass. Agt.